Fence guard



June 22, 1937. A LOVE 2,084,619

FENCE GUARD Filed July 25, 1956 Patented June 22, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to fence constructions and more particularly to a means adapted to be mounted on aconventional wire fence for preventing cattle or other animals from brushing against the fence.

An object of this invention is to provide a supporting means for supporting barbed wire or the like in outstanding position from a fence so as to keep animals away from the fence and thus prevent the animals from damaging the fence or breaking through the fence.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bracket or supporting means for barbed wire or the like which can be easily mounted on the i5 strands of wire forming a wire fence in order to hold the barbed wire in a horizontal and outstanding position from the fence.

A further object of this invention is to provide a bracket or supporting means which can be constructed out of a relatively rigid rod and which can be readily mounted on the wire fence and can also, when necessary, be removed and mounted on a new or separate fence structure.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a device of this kind which can be applied or removed without the use of tools.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out 0 in the claim appended hereto.

In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a fragmentary top plan of a fence construction having a barbed wire supporting device constructed according to an embodiment of this invention mounted thereon.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the barbed wire supporting device.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral I0 designates generally a wire fence construction including a plurality of vertical posts I3 having a stranded wire II secured thereto by means of staples or other fastening devices I2. This fence structure I 0 is a conventional fence structure and is here shown as only one of a number of different types of fence constructions to which the hereinafter described invention may be secured.

In order to support one or more strands of barbed wire I4 in outstanding relation to one side of the fence structure I0, I have provided a bracket or supporting means, generally designated as I5. This barbed wire supporting means I5 comprises a substantially horizontally disposed lower bar I 6 and an upper inwardly divergent bar H, which is integral with the lower bar I6. The lower bar I6 at its outer end is provided with a bent or looped portion I8 and the upper bar IT, has a similar looped extension I9 with the U-shaped extensions I8 and I9 connected together by a reverted looped or U-shaped member 20, forming a support for the barbed wire I4. The U-shaped member 20 preferably has the free legs thereof disposed in outwardly convergent relation as shown in Figure 2, so that it is necessary to pry these free legs apart slightly in order to insert the wire I4 therebetween. This may be done by compressing the two bars I6 and ll before these bars have been applied to the strands II of the fence ID.

The inner end of the lower bar I6 is provided with a U-shaped extension 2 I, one leg of which is continued by a laterally extending part 22 and this part 22 is then bent rearwardly to provide a holding arm 23 which is adapted to engage on the side of one strand II of the fence opposite from the side engaged by the upper leg 24 of the U-shaped member 2 I.

As shown in Figure 4, the arm 23 is preferably disposed in a plane slightly below the leg 24 so that the strand I I of the wire will be bent slightly and in this manner the bracket or supporting member I5 will be held against longitudinal movement on the fence. The upper arm or bar I1 has the inner end thereof constructed similar to the inner end of the lower bar I6, being provided with a U-shaped member 25, the lower leg 26 thereof being provided with a lateral extension 21 and this extension 21 has a rearwardly extending arm 28 similar to the arm 23 of the lower leg I6.

In the use of this fence guard and barbed wire supporting means, the bracket or supporting member I 5 may, if desired, have the inner ends of the arms I6 and Il secured to spaced apart strands II of the fence I5 and then the barbed wire I4 may be forced between the legs of the U- shaped member 20. In the event the legs of the U-shaped member 20 are spaced apart a distance suflicient to permit the easy removal of the barbed wire I4 therefrom, a tool in the form of pliers or the like may be used to compress the outer ends of the free legs of the member together so that the wire strands I4 cannot be withdrawn therefrom although, if desired, the wire strand I4 might be moved laterally, as where the wire strand I4 is tightened at either end thereof.

There may be as many brackets or supporting members I5 as may be desired so as to adequately support the barbed wire M in a horizontal posi- A wire supporting means comprising a V- shaped member, a pair of reverted U-shaped securing means carried by each divergent end of the member, a free leg of one U-shaped securing means at the divergent ends of the member being disposed in a. plane laterally of and parallel to the adjacent leg of said one securing means whereby to bind a wire strand therebetween to thereby frictionally hold said member against longitudinal movement relative to said wire strand, and a U-shaped wire securing means integral with the convergent end of the member, said U-shaped securing means having the free legs thereof directed outwardly of the convergent end of the member.

' EDGAR A. LOVE. 

